fake it 'til you make it

Ugh. Today is not my day. I mean, no reason, really. I just had a bit of insomnia last night that kept me up until 1, and my husband's going to be out of town for work tonight, and I'm at work. Isn't that enough reason to be cranky? :)

However, just listening to this song makes me a little bit cheerier. Perhaps I'll listen to it all day... OOH and watch the movie tonight!

how i met your father (part 4)

If you're late to the party, read these first:  Part 1,  Part 2, and Part 3

AND NOW, FOR THE STUNNING CONCLUSION: [I apologize that this has been the most drawn-out series of posts in all of blogging]

my crunchy side

Most people who know me, know that I want to cloth diaper my kid(s) when the time comes. Cloth diapering comes with a lot of benefits (less waste, less money, earlier potty training, etc.), but those are all incidental benefits to me. Granted, they're pretty good incidental benefits, but that's not what started me down the cloth diapering road.

no-spend january -- the results

Since I buy everything on my credit card and pay it off at the end of the month, my no-spend January actually lasted from December 27-January 26. I did pretty well, actually!

blogging is hard (sometimes)

This is sort of a random post, just because I like to give credit where credit is due. I've been wanting to put a navigation bar on my blog for awhile now, but could not for the life of me figure out how to do it. Well, today I did some googling and found the blog Xomisse and it taught me how to do it! It was pretty tedious, but I think that things are how I want them. I'm so excited! We'll see if it inspires me to make other changes around here :)

How to create a drop-down navigation menu on blogger, by Xomisse.

comparison is the thief of joy

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I've become friendly with the wife of one of C's friends, and she and I were emailing back and forth today, making plans for Valentine's Day. During the course of our conversation, I made some mention of my running, and she was quick to get excited.

01.27.14 -- progress report

Last week was pretty good! I did 2 5ks worth of speedwork, which were both really hard, but worth it. I also got my foam roller, which is awesome sauce. Of course, I was bad this weekend. I didn't do my long run, because I put together a bed instead. Oops?

This week will be good too. I have my first official training run for the Mini, although I'm still not sure if I'll go. Only if it's above 30 degrees and rain/snow/ice/water is not falling from the sky. Otherwise, I'll just stay home. After all, it's only a 5k, and as my husband says, "You can kick a 5k's ass any day of the week." So that's that, I suppose :)